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Zac Padgett

Senior Associate

Portland

Zac helps clients buy and sell businesses. He counsels a wide range of companies involved in M&A and investment activity, including public corporations, closely-held industrial firms, private equity portfolio companies and tech startups.

Zac assists clients with negotiating the terms of business purchase agreements and manages transactions. Zac also works with investors in preferred stock financings and with growth-stage companies in investments and equity matters. 

Zac's experience includes:

  • Tech company sales, acquisitions and mergers
  • Industrial firm acquisitions and mergers
  • Convertible note and preferred stock financing rounds
  • Bank and insurance company acquisitions 
  • Intellectual property transfers
  • Joint development agreements and partnerships
  • Board and executive advice and guidance

  • Prior to joining Orrick, Zac was a member of the M&A team at K&L Gates in Portland, and prior to that, a member of the financial institution transactions team at Skadden in New York.  Zac's prior experience also includes a stint at an independent law firm in Portland where he counseled founders and growth-stage companies.

    Zac has completed two bicycle tours on the West coast totaling 2,100 miles and enjoys commuting to the Portland office by bike.

  • SOC Telemed in its SPAC transaction

    APDM Wearable Technologies in the sale of it business to ERT

    Trax in its acquisition of Survey

    Routeware in its acquisition of Core Computing Solutions

    Last Mile in its acquisition of Gotcha Mobility

    Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of Qualifacts

    LINQ in its acquisition of SRC Solutions

    Cloudpipes in the sale of its business to Quick Base

    Mercy Corps as a founding member of the Libra Association

    Trax in its acquisition of Shopkick

    Routeware in its acquisition of RouteOptix

    Redshift in the sale of its business to Maxon

    XCOM in its acquisition of M87

    iCracked in the sale of its business to Allstate

    Janrain in the sale of its business to Akamai

    Hemex Health in its Series A financing

    Applied Materials in its Series B investment in Spin Memory

    Reserve in the sale of its business to Resy

    American Building Supply in the sale of its business to Jeld-Wen

    Warburg Pincus in its Series D investment in Duetto

    Aptean in its acquisition of Connect

    Splunk in its acquisition of SignalSense

    AssetPoint in the sale of its business to Aptean

    OpenCar in the sale of its business to INRIX

    Custom Credit Systems in the sale of its business to Misys Software Solutions

    OIA Global in its acquisition of U.S. Worldwide Logistics

    Vigor Industrial in its acquisitions of Oregon Iron Works, Kvichak Marine Industries and Seward Ship’s Drydock

    BNP Paribas in the sale of its North American reserve based lending business to Wells Fargo

    Heidi Ho Organics in its Series A financing round

    Mobile Tech in its negotiation of master supply agreements and licensing agreements with Vodafone, Walmart and AT&T

    Vigor Industrial in amendments and restatements of its senior mezzanine and affiliate debt facilities

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